People dance while celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 ...

In recent days, ancient sites in Iran such as Persepolis, the dynastic center of the Achaemenid Persian empire, have become part of a rhetoric of division. First President Donald Trump threatened ...

Celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide, Nowruz is a 3,000-year-old tradition cherished in Iran, ... Siyez-e Badr is an ancient Iranian tradition celebrated on the 13th day of April, ...

Spring is a time of festivity and rebirth for Iranian Americans. The vernal equinox brings Nawroz, the Persian New Year -- an occasion to celebrate Iran's ancient, civilized culture with poetry ...

This gazelle-shaped wine horn, on view at the Sackler Gallery, was used to impress guests at elaborate Iranian feasts. Image courtesy of the Sackler Gallery In his play, The Acharnians ...